The nurse at the outpatient surgery unit obtains the following information about a patient who is scheduled for cataract extraction and implantation of an intraocular lens. Which information would the nurse report to the health care provider before the procedure?

Assessment of a patient’s visual acuity reveals that the left eye can see at 20 feet what a person with normal vision can see at 50 feet and the right eye can see at 20 feet what a person with normal vision can see at 40 feet. Which finding would the nurse record?

An older patient who is being admitted to the hospital repeatedly asks the nurse to “speak up so that I can hear you.” Which action would the nurse take?

Which information will the nurse include when teaching a patient with presbycusis how to use new hearing aids?

Which instruction would the nurse include when teaching a patient who has undergone a left tympanoplasty?

Which instruction would the nurse give to a patient with recurrent staphylococcal and seborrheic blepharitis?

The nurse is assessing a 65-yr-old patient for presbyopia. Which instruction would the nurse give the patient before the test?

Which instruction would the nurse give the patient before fluorescein angiography?

Unit tests constitute what percent of the grade?

The nurse suspects abuse when a 10-year-old child is taken to the urgent care center for a leg injury. Which is the best way for the nurse to document the history of the injury event in the patient’s chart?